Lessons to learn…

Ipswich hosted top of the table Guildford at home. Ipswich went in knowing this what was going to be a tough game and tough it was…

Ipswich got off to a competitive start, matching Guildford somewhat. Ipswich found ways to build forward momentum but struggled to upgrade or get into D. A missed obstruction gave Guildford their first and the only goal of the first quarter.

The second quarter we’ll gloss over briefly, Ipswich’s errors caused a cascade of goals for Guildford, who made it to 5-0 at half time. Ipswich grateful for that half time whistle and in need of a big reset…

Ipswich knew this was going to be even more of an uphill battle now. One half of joint POTM Emma Rix lifted the girls’ spirits before the restart. Unfortunately, Guildford found 2 more goals and Ipswich started to clutch at straws.

The final quarter Ipswich turned up and in the 63rd minute, the other half of joint POTM, Lizzy Wheelhouse found the bottom left-hand corner of the goal. The only goal scored in the last quarter and thankfully not making the game end in Ipswich being bageled.

Guildford took very quick balls, countered on turnovers and players were in the right place at the right time. A very hard pill to swallow for Ipswich but as long as they learn from it they can bounce back from this defeat. Had to go fishing for the stat of this week and luckily found one. Ipswich won the 4th quarter making it the first 4th quarter win score line of the season so far… now they must try to turn that into taking 3 points.

Ipswich travel to the other unknown team in Conference East, just inside the M25, the other side of London again: Old Georgians. Time for Ipswich to brush off this weekend and go into next weekend fresh and grabbing another opportunity by the horns.